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Thomson Reuters, Research4life in deal to bring scientific research information resources to developing nations - 17 Jun 2009
The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that it is joining Research4Life to provide the developing world with access to critical scientific research. Special editions of ISI Web of Knowledge that include Current Contents Connect, Medline, EndNote Web, and ResearcherID, will be available to select developing countries identified by Thomson Reuters and Research4Life partners. Thomson Reuters is working through Research4Life to support Health Access to Research (HINARI), Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) and Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) Research4Life is the collective name for three public-private partnerships which seek to help achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals by providing the developing world with access to critical scientific research. Beginning in 2002, HINARI, AGORA and OARE, have given researchers at 4,500 institutions in 108 developing world countries free or low cost access to over 7,000 journals provided by the world's leading science publishers. The ISI Web of Knowledge research platform delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. The platform provides users the ability to search the right content and find relevant information - whether that information is found in international journals, open access resources, books, patents, proceedings or web sites. Search for more such STM tools/services/products in K-Store
Reference Tools
Scitopia.org signs new content partners - 17 Jun 2009
Scitopia.org, a free, federated search portal created by leading science and engineering societies, has signed three new content partners, expanding its single-search access to include the digital libraries of the Association of Facilities Engineering (AFE), Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST). Further, functionality has been enhanced with a browser plug-in that enables scitopia.org searches to be launched from the user's toolbar. The enhancements were announced at the Special Libraries Association conference and centennial celebration in Washington, D.C. AFE will contribute global journal content related to plant and facility engineering, operation and maintenance, especially for Fortune 500 manufacturers, universities, medical centers and government agencies. SEG's content contribution focuses on expert and ethical practice of geophysics. ICST will provide peer-reviewed journal articles that examine innovation and technology transfer in information technologies, their management and their applications. With scitopia.org's new browser plug-in, users can launch searches of scitopia.org content from their Internet browser's toolbar, making access fast and easy. The site uses a unique federated search engine, developed by Deep Web Technologies, that accommodates continuously growing content without slowing the search process. Each partner uses a standardised XML gateway to handle search queries, resulting in fast, accurate results. Search efficiency and precision are seen to be essential as scitopia.org now includes more than 3.5 million documents - primarily peer-reviewed journal content and conference proceedings - spanning 350 years of scholarship. Search for more such STM tools/services/products in K-Store
Search/Discovery/Data Retrieval tools and services
ACS shifts to condensed print format for journals - 17 Jun 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced plans to begin publishing the print editions of most of its journals in a 'rotated and condensed' format that will fit two pages of content on one printed page. The plan, which will go on stream in July 2009, is expected to reduce paper, printing and distribution costs for ACS. Although demand for the web editions of ACS journals is seen to be growing, demand for print editions has declined sharply. This trend is prompting the society to change the format and dissemination of its printed issues. The new format is expected to have a positive impact on libraries because a single year of the print editions of all ACS journals currently requires 30 linear feet of shelf space. ACS will not increase prices for its print journals next year, but it will stop offering deep discounts on print subscriptions to libraries that have online subscriptions. Customers will also be offered incentives to switch to electronic-only access.
Institute/Association/Council/Academy/ Society/Organisation
EBSCO Publishing releases database of STM content for R&D community - 17 Jun 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released a database of journals, magazines, books and other content addressing the needs of the corporate R&D community. Built specifically for corporate access, Academic Search R&D (ASR&D) is claimed to be the world's most comprehensive source for scientific, technical and medical (STM) information from the world's foremost publishers. The resource is projected as a premier full-text content solution encompassing basic research, applied research and experimental development. Corporations subscribing to major subject indexes via EBSCOhost, such as AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts, GeoRef, Inspec and Petroleum Abstracts TULSA Database, can now expand their access to STM information. With ASR&D, users may link directly from the citation-only records to the corresponding full text in Academic Search R&D, allowing corporate users to access the full-text version of highly-sought after articles in these subject areas. ASR&D provides users with access to vital information from several thousand titles, including academic journals, magazines, reports, books and monographs, trade publications and other sources. Academic Search R &D contains cover-to-cover information - complete full text articles with images, tables, charts and other graphical content - from more than 3,600 titles. ASR&D also includes more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals, many of which are available in native (searchable) PDF format. The collection seeks to offer full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to R&D. Search for more such STM tools/services/products in K-Store
ebrary announces new technology enhancements - 17 Jun 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced a number of new features that make it quicker and easier to discover, use, and manage information online. ebrary has enhanced its QuickView Reader, which does not require any software downloads or installations. New QuickView features include InfoTools, which networks every word with other online resources; copying; highlighting; annotating; and the ability to turn text into hyperlinks. Last month ebrary added printing to QuickView as well as integration with RefWorks and EndNote for easy citation management. Additionally, ebrary has enhanced its bookshelf feature. End-users can now email folders containing notes, highlights, hyperlinks, and bookmarks to peers. ebrary helps libraries, corporations, publishers, and consumers get the most out of their digital content. The company offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 digital books, handbooks, reports, maps, journals and other valuable content from over 350 of the world's leading publishers under flexible subscription, purchase, and usage-based models. Additionally, ebrary offers e-publishing services for customers to cost-effectively distribute their own PDF content online on ebrary's servers or their own. Search for more such STM tools/services/products in K-Store
E-content services and Technology provider
Emerald signs agreement with Portico to preserve e-journals - 17 Jun 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced an agreement with non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US. Portico provides a service to permanently preserve scholarly research in electronic form so that this information will remain accessible to scholars in future years. Portico will receive Emerald content via an electronic data feed, which will be converted to a standardised archival format. They will maintain and operate the archive on behalf of Emerald. Each new publication will be added as and when published, with a view to archiving back issues in the future. This development will provide Emerald with security in the event of potential loss. Emerald joins the growing list of publishers who have entrusted their e-journals and e-books to the Portico archive. Search for more such STM tools/services/products in K-Store
Indexing/Taxonomy/Bibliographic Services/Cataloging
Springer honours developers of software package rbMIT with CSE Prize 2009 - 17 Jun 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has awarded the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Prize 2009 to Phuong Huynh, Ngoc-Cuong Nguyen and Gianluigi Rozza for developing the software package rbMIT, used in solving parametrised partial differential equations by the reduced basis method. The rbMIT software package is being used for both research and CSE education. The CSE Prize, established this year by Springer, is accompanied by US$ 10,000. The CSE Prize recognises the importance of the cross-disciplinary, teamwork-oriented nature of computational science and engineering. The prize will be awarded biannually to teams of scientists, the members of which represent at least two different fields. The winning team is selected by the editors of the Springer book series Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering. Phuong Huynh is currently a research fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the National University of Singapore. Ngoc-Cuong Nguyen is a research scientist in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gianluigi Rozza is a senior research scientist in the Chair of Modelling and Scientific Computing and Lecturer at the Doctoral School of Mathematics, both at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
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